a city in the northern part of the Ivory Coast. Administrative center of the Central district. Population, 85,000 (1965). Bouaké has a railroad station and is a road junction; there is also an international airport. Its textile combine is the country’s largest industrial enterprise. The city also has a tobacco factory. It is the commercial center of an agricultural district whose major crops include coffee, cocoa, tobacco, and cotton. There is a thermal electric power station.